ISUW 2024 Speaker

Dr. Ranjith Krishna Pai received the Ph.D. degree in Natural Sciences, from Dr. Othmar Marti’s Group, Ulm University, Germany, in 2005. He is currently Scientist ‘F’ / Senior Director of Climate, Energy and Sustainable Technology (CEST) Division of Department of Science and Technology responsible for research, development and innovation activities in Clean Energy domain.He has represented India in numerous multi-lateral events and has articulated national and international endeavors in energy domains. From 2006 to 2007, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Chile, Santiago, a working on Genetic engineering of a novel protein-nanoparticle hybrid system with great potential for bio sensing applications. 2007 to 2009, he spent two years as a Post-Doctoral Scientist at Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, working on synthesis of nanostructured hybrid materials and Characterization of nonlinear optical nanomaterial. From 2009 to 2011, he was a Research Scientist at CFN, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, USA, working on photo fabrication of donor- acceptor antenna system for solar energy harvesting, development of bio sensing platforms based on bio-inorganic scaffolds with single molecule/particle sensitivity, fabrication of transparent organic thin-film for use in organic photovoltaic cells. After spending 2 years 5 months at BNL, New York, USA, he spent another 2 years 4 months (2011-2013) as a Research Sci- entist at INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal. His research at INL involved development of transparent conjugated polymer films for capturing solar energy, organic thin-film solar cells based on conjugated polymers and fullerene derivative, hybrid organic/inorganic nanomaterial and synthesis and fundamental study of conjugated polymers, solar device fabrication and electrical and photochemical device measurements.From 2013 to 2015, he was an Associate Professor and Group leader at Nanostructured Hybrid Functional Materials & Devices, Jain University, Bangalore, India. He published several high impacts scientific papers, authored three book chapters and gave several invited lectures at international conferences. Previously served as an Associate Editor of a Journal “Nano tools & Nano machines” and a Guest Editor of International Journal of Polymer Science. His research interest includes energy conversion technologies, including low cost photovoltaic (Organic, and hybrid solar cells) and electrical energy storage (batteries and supercapacitors), synthesis of semiconducting polymers and polymer nanostructures and their application to organic transistors, solar cells, light emitting diodes and other photonic applications, synthesis, characterizations and applications of carbon and inorganic nanotubes, Modeling of the electronic properties of nanostructured semiconductors.